Trump’s 'Board of Peace' abandons Gaza ‘recovery plan’: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 07/17/2026 - 21:36 What was once pitched as a plan to build a glitzy 'Gaza Riviera' has now been abandoned in favour of portable cabins A screengrab of a slide shared by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Trump and US special envoy, on the future of Gaza presented at Davos, on 22 January 2025 (Screengrab) Off US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" has shrunk its Gaza "recovery plan" from rebuilding territory to a temporary camp of "portable cabins" under Palestinian administration, police and a small international security force. The pilot scheme will be located in the so-called buffer zone along the ceasefire line near Rafah, according to a Guardian investigation published on Thursday. Its blueprint reflects little of what Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, presented in his "free market Gaza" slideshow in January, which assured basic infrastructure within 100 days.
No construction or preparatory work has begun for the scheme through the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), a United Nations-mandated multinational peacekeeping force establised by the 2025 Gaza peace plan. A logistical base for the ISF is nearly complete at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, and the force is expected to be trained in Egypt with troops from Morocco, Kosovo, and possibly Albania and Kazakhstan. It will take months to train them, and a legal framework for their presence remains under negotiation with the Israeli government.
The pilot scheme was devised two weeks ago in Cyprus by members of the Board of Peace, the Trump administration, the Tony Blair Institute, and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Israeli troops would withdraw from the ceasefire line, and the camp would be overseen by the ISF and a specially trained Palestinian police force. Coffers for the pilot scheme are empty or their status is unknown.
A scarce amount of the $17bn (£12.6bn) pledged for Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza has materialised. The Board of Peace is attempting to access some of the $11bn in Palestinian tax revenue, and frozen bank assets seized and withheld by Israel, which has brought outrage from the Palestinian Authority. Elections on the horizon The Guardian reports that construction may be scant until the Is…
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